News from EuroISME
Brussels, 16 September 2025
Euro-ISME and C&V Defence are pleased to announce the launch of the Benoît Royal Award, established to recognise outstanding contributions to the field of defence and military ethics. Sponsored by C&V Defence, the award reflects a shared commitment to advancing ethical standards across the European defence community and honouring those who demonstrate exemplary leadership in this critical domain.
EuroISME congratulates Andrea Ellner as its new co-Executive Director. She was elected by the members at EuroISME’s conference in Madrid in May 2025.
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EuroISME congratulates Kiril Shtefchyk Tatarchuk from Ukraine on winning first prize in EuroISME’s annual competition for the best student’s thesis (MA). He wrote his thesis on “Russia’s war in Ukraine: a perspective from just war theory”. at the General Gutiérrez Mellado University Institute in Madrid. We equally congratulate Wing Commander Rebecca Woolley of the UK on winning second prize in the annual competition for the best European Masters thesis written on the ethics of war and peace.

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On 28 and 29 April the Romanian Land Forces Academy in Sibiu hosted a conference on ‘Leadership and Ethics: Adapting Military Ethics to Modern Warfare’. The conference hosted speakers and panellists from the UK, USA, Canada, Belgium and Germany, as well as from the Romanian Armed Forces and academic institutions.